Patents by Inventor Stuart S. Bottom

Stuart S. Bottom has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Building user trust in profile creation and recommendations based on managed interaction with user
    Patent number: 9753990
    Abstract: A system is described that infers information about a user and then provides the user with an opportunity to provide input about (e.g., confirm or deny) the inferred information. Inferred information is presented to a user only after certain triggering events have occurred. For example, a sensitive item of inferred information may be presented to a user only after the user has reached a certain stage of relationship with a system, device or service that is deemed compatible with presenting such sensitive information. As another example, an item of inferred information may be presented to a user only after it has been determined that the item of inferred information is likely to be correct with a certain degree of confidence. As a still further example, both sensitivity and confidence level may be used to guide when a particular item of inferred information will be presented to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Margeigh J. Novotny, Stuart S. Bottom, Lee Dicks Clark
  • BUILDING USER TRUST IN PROFILE CREATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON MANAGED INTERACTION WITH USER
    Publication number: 20150278210
    Abstract: A system is described that infers information about a user and then provides the user with an opportunity to provide input about (e.g., confirm or deny) the inferred information. Inferred information is presented to a user only after certain triggering events have occurred. For example, a sensitive item of inferred information may be presented to a user only after the user has reached a certain stage of relationship with a system, device or service that is deemed compatible with presenting such sensitive information. As another example, an item of inferred information may be presented to a user only after it has been determined that the item of inferred information is likely to be correct with a certain degree of confidence. As a still further example, both sensitivity and confidence level may be used to guide when a particular item of inferred information will be presented to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Margeigh J. Novotny, Stuart S. Bottom, Lee Dicks Clark